Tue Feb 13 00:37:13 PST 1996

On Mon, 12 Feb 1996 13:41:04 -0500 (EST), Padgett wrote:

> If it were properly and legally decided that communications 
> with anon.penet.fi is against "national interest" then the sovereign has 
> not only the "right" but the *duty* to block/monitor such communications.

Bullpuckey.  One could just as legitimately say:

  "If it were properly and legally decided that publication of the
  Los Angeles Times is against "national interest" then the sovereign
  has not only the "right" but the *duty* to block such publication."